9780300259292-0300259298-Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest

ISBN-13: 9780300259292
ISBN-10: 0300259298
Author: Zeynep Tufekci
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback 360 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780300259292
ISBN-10: 0300259298
Author: Zeynep Tufekci
Publication date: 2021
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback 360 pages

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Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest (ISBN-13: 9780300259292 and ISBN-10: 0300259298), written by authors Zeynep Tufekci, was published by Yale University Press in 2021. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Social Media (Internet & Social Media, Communication & Media Studies, Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Social Media books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.48.

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Product Description From New York Times opinion columnist Zeynep Tufekci, an firsthand account and incisive analysis of the role of social media in modern protest“[Tufekci’s] personal experience in the squares and streets, melded with her scholarly insights on technology and communication platforms, makes [this] such an unusual and illuminating work.”—Carlos Lozada, Washington Post “Twitter and Tear Gas is packed with evidence on how social media has changed social movements, based on rigorous research and placed in historical context.”—Hannah Kuchler, Financial Times To understand a thwarted Turkish coup, an anti–Wall Street encampment, and a packed Tahrir Square, we must first comprehend the power and the weaknesses of using new technologies to mobilize large numbers of people. An incisive observer, writer, and participant in today’s social movements, Zeynep Tufekci explains in this accessible and compelling book the nuanced trajectories of modern protests—how they form, how they operate differently from past protests, and why they have difficulty persisting in their long-term quests for change. Tufekci speaks from direct experience, combining on-the-ground interviews with insightful analysis. She describes how the internet helped the Zapatista uprisings in Mexico, the necessity of remote Twitter users to organize medical supplies during Arab Spring, the refusal to use bullhorns in the Occupy Movement that started in New York, and the empowering effect of tear gas in Istanbul’s Gezi Park. These details from life inside social movements complete a moving investigation of authority, technology, and culture—and offer essential insights into the future of governance. About the Author Zeynep Tufekci is a contributing opinion writer for The Atlantic and the New York Times, associate professor at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science, and a faculty associate at the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society.

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